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A 6am start for BBC One on Christmas Day.

VIDEO: BBC One start-up including Pages from Ceefax and CBBC in-vision continuity followed by The Poddington Peas opening titles. Announcer: Ben Edwards. Presenters: Simeon Courtie, Josie d’Arby and Otis the Aardvark. TX DATE: 25th December 1995. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] TELETEXT IN-VISION: we start the day with Pages from Ceefax.

These pages are specially enhanced with higher resolution graphics and a wider range of colours. The Level 2 enhancements are only visible on Level 2 teletext receivers.

The in-vision teletext pages will have been on air from c. 5.45am.

Can you identify the Ceefax tape and tracks playing here?

[00:04:34] IDENT: BBC One starts its day with one of the versions of this year’s Christmas ident, linking into CBBC.

[00:04:49] IDENT: the Christmas CBBC ident.

[00:04:57] IN-VISION CONTINUITY: CBBC presenters Simeon Courtie, Josie d’Arby and Otis the Aardvark provide the links between this morning’s programmes for children.

[00:05:45] PROGRAMME: the opening titles for The Poddington Peas.

Acknowledgements

FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: CBBC ident. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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